NCCPA has announced a new designation to honor currently and formerly certified Physician Assistants who have proven their dedication to lifelong learning and maintenance of certification and are now retired from practice.

Throughout the last seven months, NCCPA has repeatedly invited meaningful dialogue and substantive discourse with AAPA, hoping for a collegial and constructive discussion about how to improve the relevance of the PA recertification exam process given that more than 70% of PAs now practice outside of primary care.

A first-ever practice specialty report, representing data from over 93% of the 108,500 certified physician assistants (PAs) in the U.S., shows that more than 70% now work in non-primary care specialties.

A just released report representing data from over 93 percent of all certified PAs in the U.S. points to rapid growth in the profession, which currently has almost 109,000 certified PAs practicing across every state, specialty and clinical setting.